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Jones: Wallabies wouldn't listen to me

Jones: Wallabies wouldn't listen to me

England coach Eddie Jones says his former side Australia refused to heed his advice on scrummaging and other aspects of forward play during his time in charge of the Wallabies but refused to go into specifics.

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Kiwis knock Australia out in Sevens semi-final

New Zealand has maintained it's impressive record against Australia after winning the Canada Sevens semi-final.

On the back of the some poor ball handling and sloppy defence, New Zealand's Sione Molia scored two tries of his own to extend his side's lead to 16 points with two minutes remaining before James Stannard brought back the final deficit to less than 10 points.

Australia had beaten New Zealand just once in their last 20 outings, a sign that even though they have shown glimpses of the form which could earn them a medal in Rio, their inability to get one over their trans-Tasman rivals could be their Achilles heel in tournaments to come.

Earlier, Kiwi captain Tim Mikkelson sliced through the middle courtesy of a right-foot step before a Gillies Kaka try extended New Zealand's lead to 14-0 within the first quarter of the match.

Andy Friend waited until the latter part of the second half to bring Quade Cooper onto the field and whenever he got his hands on the ball he was steady but unable to create anything worthy of a highlights package.

Australia will play Fiji in a third place game at 11.26am AEDT, while New Zealand will face arch-rivals South Africa in yet another Cup final.